Lucy Felton
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Lucy Felton | |
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| Born | Lucy Victoria Wood 25 December 1985[1][2] |
| Other names | Lucy Wood |
| Alma mater | London College of Fashion |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse |
Christopher Felton (m. 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | lucyfelton |
Lucy Victoria Felton (née Wood; born 25 December 1985) is a British fashion editor, journalist, and blogger specialising in women's consumer publishing. She worked for the magazine Look from 2007 to 2016 as a senior editor and then head of fashion content. She has since been content coordinator at BBC Gardeners' World and runs the blog The Lucy Edit.
Early life
[edit]Felton is from Essex.[3] She graduated from the London College of Fashion with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fashion Promotion – Journalism.[4]
Career
[edit]Under the name Lucy Wood, she began her career at Grazia magazine in 2005 as Fashion News and Features Assistant, covering the global fashion and shopping trends.[citation needed] In June 2007, she left her position at Grazia after two years[5] to become Fashion News Editor at LOOK magazine.[6] Interviewing designers, celebrities and writing fashion, style and lifestyle articles aimed at female readers led to being nominated for the PPA Association of UK Magazine and Periodical Publishers New Section Editor of the Year Award in 2008. She contributed to The Sun, The Daily Mail, Visa Europe,[7] Drapers Record[8] and London Metro.[9]
From May 2008 to June 2009, she edited bi-annual and online style magazine Random,[10] a style publication which sold out in London following the launch of its first issue. Her fashion blog Fashion Editor[11] resulted in Asos listing her Twitter[12] as 'one to watch' at Asos Follows Fashion[13] along with supermodel Jessica Stam, stylist to the stars Rachel Zoe and Hilary Alexander. Felton appeared on Leon Bailey-Green's 2010/11 Online Fashion 100 list.[14]
On screen and radio, she has appeared as a fashion expert on BBC television series Mary Queen of Shops, contributed fortnightly fashion slots for a BBC Radio Friday afternoon show, as well as various fashion segments for Asos, LOOK, Next and Miss Selfridge TV outlets.[citation needed]
In 2015, she was promoted to Head of Fashion Content at LOOK.[15] With her name change to Lucy Felton, she rebranded her blog to The Lucy Edit and became a freelancer in 2016.[16][17]
Felton was appointed content coordinator at BBC Gardeners' World in 2022.[18]
Personal life
[edit]She married Christopher Felton in November 2015.[19] They have two children.[20][21]
References
[edit]- ^ Lucy Felton (25 December 2025). "Last nights oyster-athon @pierharwich on my bday eve celebrating turning the big 3⃣0⃣ feeling the ❤️". Retrieved 9 October 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Felton, Lucy (11 December 2017). "The Big Day Wish List". The Lucy Edit. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Felton, Lucy (17 March 2016). "Iceland: Blue Lagoon, Golden Circle and Twisted Doughnuts". The Lucy Edit. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Roy, Rebekah (12 January 2009). "Working at Look Magazine - An Interview with Lucy Wood". Stylist Stuff. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Wood, Fashion News Editor". Dorothy Perkins Style Council. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012.
- ^ "My Life, My Style: Look magazine's fashion news editor Lucy Wood on her signature dress down look". La Redoute Issue 6. 22 June 2010. p. 28. Retrieved 8 October 2024.(subscription required)
- ^ "Visa UK". Consumer.visaeurope.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Fashion Summit 2009 - Programme - Day 2". www.emapconferences.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010.
- ^ James, By (1 September 2009). "University fashion that won't break the budget". Metro. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "www.random-magazine.com". Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "London Fashion Editor Lucy Wood Opens Up Her Notebook". Fashion-editor.com. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Twitter". Twitter. 2 January 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "fashionable thoughts from our favourite tweeters". ASOS Follows Fashion. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Bailey-Green, Leon. "Online Fashion 100 2010/11 edition" (PDF). The Online Fashion Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Changes at LOOK Magazine". Response Source. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Felton (nee Wood) reveals freelance details". Fashion Monitor. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2024.[dead link]
- ^ Rackhan, Annabel (24 November 2017). "Burberry: How Christopher Bailey reinvented the brand with the chequered past". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "BBC Gardeners' World Magazine appoints content coordinator". Diary Directory. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Lucy/Christopher Wood/Felton". Harwich and Manningtree Standard. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Mantra Q&A Lucy Felton the Lucy Edit Blog". Mantra Jewellery. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Leaper, Caroline (4 September 2017). "How to get back to school in style: Four mum bloggers share their fashion and beauty advice". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2024.